Using the Bristol Stool Scale and Parental Report of Stool Consistency as Part of the Rome III Criteria for Functional Constipation in Infants and Toddlers

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 177, Issue , 2016, Pages 44-48.e1

  Koppen, Ilan J N ^a,b   Velasco Benitez, Carlos A ^c   Benninga, Marc A ^b   Di Lorenzo, Carlo ^a   Saps, Miguel ^a  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bristol Stool Scale; children; constipation; dyschezia; infants; stool consistency; toddlers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRISTOL STOOL SCALE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION HABIT; DEFECATION MEASUREMENT; DEFECATION URGENCY; FECES ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION; HARD FECES; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPPA STATISTICS; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAINFUL DEFECATION; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TODDLER; CLASSIFICATION; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84979088429     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.06.055     Document Type: Article

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